A Garden for Eternity
2011/11/28 | 8:52 min | 4,20 MB
Over five centuries of exposure to wind and weather has however increasingly left its mark on the garden’s rocks. To remedy the situation, the rocks have now been treated with an alkyl silicate from WACKER's SILRES® product family.
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Electric Vehicles Come of Age
2011/09/14 | 8:80 min | 3,90 MB
There are a billion cars on the world’s roads today, and the trend is upward. In Europe alone, traffic accounts for a fourth of carbon dioxide emissions. This is why ecological mobility strategies are becoming ever more important. Hybrid drives, which rely on numerous WACKER products, can help to reduce emissions.
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Safely Tucked Away
2011/08/22 | 8:04 min | 3,90 MB
Some nutritional supplements are good for our health, but their ingredients don’t really taste that good. Cyclodextrins from WACKER solve this problem: they encapsulate the health-promoting ingredient so that we can’t taste it, yet allow it to exert its positive effects on the body. Cyclodextrins also protect sensitive substances from environmental influences.
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Ideal Marriage of Cohesion and Adhesion
2011/07/13 | 5:57 min | 2,90 MB
Whether PVC, linoleum, or carpeting, many floor coverings are bonded directly to the concrete floor of a house. The adhesive used has to fulfill a series of demands. A new, low-emission binder from WACKER’s VINNAPAS® product line is a big help.
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The Best of Both Worlds
2011/07/07 | 7:50 min | 3.07 MB
A new technology for the composite dispersions in the VINNAPAS® product range combine the advantages of organic and inorganic substances. This allows the plaster to remain intact for many years despite the sun and weathering.
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Taking the Heat off Cold Steel
2011/03/16 | 9:09 min | 4.04 MB
Skyscrapers are often built on a steel framework. However, because steel can loose its stability at certain levels of heat, additional fire protection is needed for this kind of structure. Intumescent coatings based on WACKER's VAE copolymer dispersions can protect the steel framework against fire ...
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Warm-Touch Stone
2011/01/26 | 8:16 min | 3.90 MB
Stone flooring is attractive, but can be chilly underfoot. Cork flooring feels warm to the feet, but is less durable. Now there is a new type of floor covering that combines the advantages of both materials. The crucial difference in its manufacture is VINNEX® powder binders from WACKER ...
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Long-Lasting Adhesives
2010/12/13 | 6:48 min | 3.30 MB
Packaging made of corrugated cardboard can be found everywhere in the foodstuff industry. That's a good enough reason to take a closer look at how corrugated cardboard adhesive is manufactured. VINNAPAS® XD 05 from WACKER is an ideal starting material for formulating this kind of adhesive ...
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Silicones for Safe Power Distribution
2010/08/10 | 7:31 min | 3.5 MB
Electricity generated from sun and wind is fed into the grid usually via underground or undersea cables. These are complicated and expensive to lay. For this reason, the cables need to work perfectly for decades on end. Electrically-conducting silicone elastomers from the POWERSIL® product line play a key role here.
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Protection for St. Gotthard
2010/05/20 | 9:07 min | 4.2 MB
Tens of thousands of vehicles pass through the Gotthard road tunnel every day. In winter, they splash a large amount of water and road salts onto the tunnel walls. In a single night, the tunnel was treated with special water-repellent silanes from WACKER to prevent the salt water from penetrating into the concrete and damaging it.
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Solar Power Moves into the Fast Lane
2010/03/02 | 10:47 min | 5.1 MB
If you’ve ever done a presentation with an overhead projector, you will have come into contact with a Fresnel lens. What this is, why such lenses have potential to significantly improve solar technology, and what this has got to do with WACKER, will be revealed in this episode of our podcast.
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Youthful Skin
2010/01/08 | 8:16 min | 3.9 MB
Retinol is the parent compound of vitamin A and a key active ingredient in anti-aging preparations. For it to develop its full effect, it must be protected from external influences. Listen to this episode and find out how WACKER’s cyclodextrins “smuggle” the precious but sensitive substance safely under the surface of the skin.
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A Bright Future for Climate Change
2009/11/24 | 8:09 min | 3.9 MB
Modern LEDs still pose significant challenges for researchers. But investment in development pays off, for the little lamps are significantly more efficient and have a much longer life than to-day’s energy-saving lamps. Listen and find out how a silicone produced by WACKER can help to reduce future energy requirements still further ...
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A Poetry of Light and Color
2009/09/21 | 6:50 min | 3.1 MB
Glass is not only a material used to produce windows and containers – it is also a substance for creating artwork. For centuries, artistic glasswork has decorated homes and been transformed into works of art. The chemical processes necessary to create this rainbow of colored glass, and the production processes employed to produce this high-quality glass, are explained in this podcast.
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Shotcrete in the salt mine
2009/08/17 | 4:50 min | 2.3 MB
When groundwater began seeping into Stetten’s salt mine, normal concrete couldn’t stop the flow. WACKER used this incident as an opportunity to test a newly-developed form of shotcrete. Hear our interview with Klaus Bonin, who heads one of WACKER’s research and development labs.
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Nuremberg’s new imperial busts
2009/07/20 | 8:44 min | 4.1 MB
Even in the world of art, you’ll find WACKER products in use. Find out how WACKER’s silicone moldmaking compounds were used to reconstruct twelve busts of Roman emperors. Listen to our talk with sculptress Anke Oltscher.
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VINNAPAS® ACADEMY
2009/06/17 | 6:45 min | 3.3 MB
The VINNAPAS® ACADEMY seminar program offers polymer chemistry basics and key formulation expertise to construction experts from around the world.
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Smartfresh
2009/05/13 | 6:56 min | 3.3 MB
Thanks to a new technology based on cyclodextrins from WACKER, fruit can remain fresh and firm for months during storage.
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EIFS in Syrien
2009/04/07 | 7:31 min | 3.5 MB
Thermal insulation has become a hot topic in Syria. In fact, this Arab country has carried out its first EIFS project. We discuss this topic with Dimitrios Moussios, business development manager at Wacker Chemicals Middle East in Dubai.
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Tolerant Silicones
2009/03/02 | 8:36 min | 3.9 MB
Sealants must fulfill many requirements. In this episode, we’ll explore silicone sealants and see how WACKER innovations make the introduction of new products possible
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GENIOSIL® – Faster Bonding, More Reliable Foaming
2009/01/15 | 9:22 min | 4.3 MB
Bonding is becoming an ever more attractive way of connecting objects. Increasingly, items are being bonded instead of being screwed, riveted or welded. In this episode, you’ll learn more about the fascinating history of adhesives and what the future holds for them.
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Dispersion Plaster – Villa Sell
2008/11/24 | 8:59 min | 4.20 MB
This plaster can be found on virtually any wall, though you usually only notice it when it flakes off. Today’s plaster must meet a wide range of demands, which is why WACKER is busy researching in this field. Tune in to find out how!
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Sealing Slurries
2008/10/30 | 9:13 min | 4.30 MB
Out of sight, out of mind. That’s how a lot of people see sewage and wastewater. This episode therefore focuses on sewage systems, a key invention, and the potential problems sewer maintenance involves and how to solve them.
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Construction & Climate Change
2008/10/06 | 10:55 min | 5.10 MB
Global warming is influencing the construction sector – and vice versa. We discuss this topic with Dr. Andreas Gerdes, professor of Construction Chemicals and hear about ways to conserve resources during construction and how this sector is changing due to global warming.
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On the Trail of Electromagnetic Radiation
2008/08/25 | 6:58 min | 6.55 MB
There are strict limits on electromagnetic fields, such as those emitted by cellphones. Various test models exist to precisely determine whether these limits are being complied with. In this episode, you’ll learn about the advances made here – and how silicone from WACKER is used in doing so.
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Prehistoric Art
2008/07/22 | 9:44 min | 8.92 MB
This episode is about artworks that are millions of years’ old. Listen to how Professor Dolf Seilacher creates works of art from the traces of long-extinct animals. His creations bedazzle art enthusiasts. Plus, you can learn about WACKER’s role in Paleoichnology, e.g. the study of trace fossils.
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